What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

Just add C rations instead of MRE’s. Did all that and some. Flew in UH1H Hellos. C130. C141, C5A, Nightingale Medivacs to name a few.

OdD greens, no BDUs or camo of any kind! MREs(Meals Rejected by Ethiopians!) and some C-rats. Manual transmissions!

How about skip the yellow shorts, we did our PT in fatigues and combat boots. STARCHED fatigues.

Didn’t have mres, C rations are what we got. And if I remember correctly, we weren’t issued yellow pt shorts.

Old school going to the club drinking and dancing all night get back to the barracks and taking your dust cover off your bunk to get 1 hr sleep and then PT and go all day working forget lunch you take a nap and back at it again or going to the parade grounds and standing at parade rest for change of command for 4 hrs ohh what fun to be old school lmao

Ran PT in combat boots or chucca boots worked 20 hours a day for a week at a time w/1day off earning$440 a month as an E4 making E5 in 4yrs was a big deal qualifying w/ 38 wearing fatigues ect

If you know what it means to "break starch", qualified with the M-14, know what a "fire can" is. Wore khakis,
ran Pt in combat boots and fatigue trousers and t-shirt.

To me being labeled as Old School should be taken as a compliment. It means you are upholding standards where the lines are blurred and you are cutting through red tape and getting the job done!

When your favorite Poncho Liner is a few years older than the First Lieutenant that just reported for duty under your supervision, you are indeed "Old School."

If you remember conducting Pistol Qualification with and carrying an M1911A1, you are probably Old School. If you had an M3 Grease Gun in the vault when you were the Company Arms Room Officer, you can count yourself on the "Old School" rolls.

When you still have a Dehydrated Pork Patty you salvaged from the DARK Brown Bag MREs you recently pulled out of storage, you must be "Old School."

Starched OD Green Khaki Uniform with Cap! Spit shined boots w/leg inserts to form a straight leg appearance. Singing, “C-130 rolling down the strip....” during PT and singing, “Old soldier, combat soldier, pick up a weapon and follow me, while marching. I retired from the Army in 1996, and soldiers called me “Old School” then. No sure what “old school’ means today, but carry the tradition, because as others paved the way, you too must become “Old School!”